unblooded en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + blooded.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not yet blooded; untried in battle; still to take part in combat.
Recalling his anxiety as an unblooded lieutenant on the eve of the Mexican War, Ulysses S. Grant confessed, “I felt sorry that I had enlisted.”
2009 October 11, Elizabeth D. Samet, “Marine Dreams”, in New York Times:
Translations (2)
grc ἀπόλεμος (untried in battle) · el απόλεμος (untried in battle)